free hit counter

NJ considers taxing tap water

  • Boris

  • Boris

    oxygen next
  • Boris

    FOX5NY) - Never short on ideas for things to tax, lawmakers in New Jersey are considering a tax on tap water.

    The proposal is being floated by State Sen. Bob Smith D-Middlesex, who is trying to say it's not actually a tax but a 'user fee'.

    "It is a user fee based on volume," Smith told Fox 5's Chasing New Jersey.

    It would add 10 cents for every 1,000 gallons of water a home uses. Smith says that will only add $32 a year to the "average" water bill.